Curry-comb



NrrED STATES ATENT ENCE.

MiLEs swEET, or f rEoY, NEw Yoan.

CURRY-COh/i.

SE'ECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,444, dated July 27, 1886.

Application filed July 5, 1884. Serial No. 130,873. (No modul.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that l, MILES SWEET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im proveniente in Cnrry-Combs,of which the'following is a specification, reference being had therein to thc accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a currycomb constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 isaperspective view showing the form of the curry-comb frame as cast and before it is provided with comb-bars and a handle. Fig. 3 represents in perspective a modiiication of the comb-i`ranie- My invention relates to that class of curryconobs in which the wooden handle above the comb-bars is made of such length that it can be readily graspedfrom the side of the frame; and the object of my improvements is to provide the curry-comb frame with lugs arranged in pairs and adapted to be bent to surround and clasp the wooden handle as a ferrule, in contradistinction to a tang that enters and follows the axis of the handle and requires an independent ferrulc to prevent splitting of said handle.

rlhe features of the invention will be hereinafter described, and specically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings the frame of the curry-comb is represented at A. lt is made of one casting of suitable :metal and of such forni as to produce the end bars, A, to unite the comb-bars B together. These end bars,A,rnay have their outer edge either straight, eonvex,eoncave, or wavy, as shown, but preferably with the corners projecting slightly beyond the eentral portion of the edge to produce knoekers, as ordinarily formed in curry-combs. The end bars of the frame are also provided with rivet-like lugs a', projecting vfrom the under side thereof to secure the comb-bars to the frame.

Between the end bars, A, the frame is bent upward or provided with arches A2 at the front and back to support the handle C at a suitable distance above the comb-bars, and thus permit the introduction of a persons fingers between it and the comlrbars.

Projecting from the top of the arches A2, or in continuation with the members Vforming these arches, are lugs XV, arranged in pairs, and of such length that two of them will, when suitably bent, surround and clasp the handle C. l. prefer to have the lugs A of each pair of uniform length, and made to abut on top of the handle; and a round-head tack or screw, c, can be used to cover the gap, if there is any, and prevent the handle from turning, the upper end of the lugs A: being notched to receive the shank of said tack or screw; but the lugs A3 of a pair may also be made of different lengths, and the tacks c be dispensed with, as spurs may be made to project upward Vfrom the arch between the lugs Ai".

To prevent any tendency that the handle may have to move endwisc within its bearings,said handleis provided with shoulders ci, made to lit against the ferrule-like lugs A of the curry-comb frame, or the handle is turned of smaller diameter at those points intended to be clasped by the lugs AB.

Although l` prefer to provide the frame with two pairs of lugs,A",I may only use one pair, as shown in Fig. 3, to receive the end ofthe wooden handle, and aprong, A4, cast integral with the frame, may be made to pass diametrically through the other portion ofthe handie, and be riveted thereto, at the same time preventing the handle from rotating within its socket.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. As an article of manufacture, a currycomb 'comprising the integral frame to which the comb-bars are attached, having side bars and elevated arches, each arch being provided with a rounded seat and lugs rising therefrom, and a handle secured inthe arches by bending down thc lugs thereon, substantially as de scribed.

2. rlhecombination of curry-comb bars, a f1 anic attached thereto having integral elevatel arches, each arch provided with a rounded seat and lugs rising therefrom and adapted to be bent andinclose a handle, with spurs aIl between said lugs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. rlhe combination of curry-comb bars, a

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frame attached thereto having integral ele- In testimony whereof I afix my signature `vated arches, each arch provided with a in presence of two Witnesses.`

rounded seat and hws risingV therefrom capat ble of-being bentdwn to inclose a handle MILES SWEET' 5 and provided with a notch in the upper end, Witnesses:

a screw inserted therein, and a handle,v sub- E. E, MASSON,

stautially as described. L. C. HILLS. 

